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My Desk Rejects Minimalism
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I painted my desk.
Most of the ‘Instagrammable’ desks I see all look the same. They all have the same commercial boring IKEA desk with something or other desk mat and whatever. Slap on ‘minimalist’ design sense and that’s 90% of the media.
My desk is messy. Not just this desk, any desk that is mine. I’ve got cups (yes plural) of stuff that I haven’t brought back to the kitchen, wires hanging around, toys and crumbs from food that 60% of the time isn’t mine, receipts that won’t be thrown away until they hit critical mass, a painting that isn’t finished and that’s just after I’ve organized it. Rocks, crystals, a tape measure, and a plethora of random objects anywhere but in front of the mouse and keyboard, I need it because I live here.
As we speak I just found an onion skin, I haven’t been peeling onions or anything, I just don’t shut the door on the toddler who brings them in.
I went out and bought a kid’s acrylic paint kit. Not because I wanted to paint my desk, I just wanted to paint something in general, any canvas would do.
I think about how tables are products a lot. The fact that someone has sat around and thought at least a little about how they look or what material to use. Most…
